Search Obituary, Death and Burial Records by Name
Enter the person’s first name, last name and last known state to prepare an obituary, death, burial, cemetery, memorial and related public-record search.
Find Times-Reporter Obituaries, Funeral Details and Local Ohio Records
Looking for a Times-Reporter obituary from New Philadelphia, Dover or another Tuscarawas County community? Search the person’s name first, confirm the notice through the funeral home, and use local or Ohio government records only when you need certified legal proof.
Choose What You Need Right Now
Newest obituary
Open The Times-Reporter obituary section and confirm the actual publish date.
One person
Start with surname and first name, then add New Philadelphia, Dover or another local clue.
Older obituary
Use the local library, Genealogical Society and Ohio historical newspaper resources.
Legal record
Use Tuscarawas County Health Department or the appropriate Ohio vital-record office for a certified death certificate.
Use the Correct Source for the Question
| You need | Best starting source | What to do next |
|---|---|---|
| Newest Times-Reporter notice | TimesReporter.com obituary section | Open the full notice and check the publication date. |
| Search one person | Times-Reporter, Legacy or funeral-home website | Search surname first, then add town, age or date. |
| Current funeral time | Handling funeral home | Recheck before travelling, especially when the service is soon. |
| Older Times-Reporter article | Tuscarawas County Public Library | Use its Times-Reporter full-text archive. |
| Historical obituary index | Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society | Check Daily Reporter and Times-Reporter obituary indexes. |
| Certified death certificate | Tuscarawas County Health Department or appropriate Ohio Vital Statistics office | Check event location, fee and order method before paying. |
How to Find Recent Times-Reporter Obituaries
Search Times-Reporter Obituaries by Name
Start simple
Search first name + last name. Do not add uncertain middle names, ages or dates yet.
Add one local clue
Try New Philadelphia, Dover, Uhrichsville, Dennison or another connected community.
Try alternate names
Search nickname, initials, maiden name, previous surname and hyphenated spelling.
If the name is common
Useful Local Places to Add to Your Search
The Times-Reporter serves more than New Philadelphia and Dover. Residence, funeral home, cemetery and newspaper coverage may point to different communities.
New Philadelphia & Dover
Start here for many central Tuscarawas County notices and funeral-home memorials.
Uhrichsville & Dennison
Search both communities when the family has Twin City connections.
Newcomerstown
Also search nearby Guernsey and Coshocton County sources when appropriate.
Sugarcreek & Baltic
Search nearby Holmes County sources when the family has Amish Country or regional connections.
Bolivar & Strasburg
North-county families may also appear in Stark County-area publications and funeral-home sites.
Gnadenhutten & Mineral City
Try the county name, nearby funeral-home town and cemetery location when the village alone produces no result.
Confirm You Found the Correct Person
| Compare | Why it helps | Pause when… |
|---|---|---|
| Age or birth year | Separates people with similar names. | The age is very different. |
| Relatives | Spouse, parents and children are strong clues. | None of the family names match. |
| Local community | Links the person to New Philadelphia, Dover or another expected town. | There is no known local connection. |
| Funeral home | Provides a first-party memorial route. | The provider is in an unrelated region. |
| School, church or employer | Useful for common names. | The biography conflicts with known details. |
| Publication date | Separates a current notice from an old one. | The result is months or years old. |
See our obituary verification methodology.
Verify Funeral Details Before You Travel
Service time
Visitation, funeral, memorial, graveside service and burial may be on different days.
Exact address
The funeral home, church, cemetery and reception may be separate locations.
Public or private
Do not assume every visitation, burial or family gathering is open to the public.
Livestream
Use only the stream linked by the funeral home, church or authorized memorial.
Flowers or donations
Follow the family’s wording instead of copied links or social-media comments.
Call when details conflict
Reconfirm directly when the service is today, tomorrow, weather-sensitive or listed differently in two places.
How to Submit a Times-Reporter Obituary or Death Notice
The Times-Reporter Help Center includes its Ads & Announcements route for honoring someone who has died. A funeral home may also help prepare and submit a notice.
Prepare this before starting
| Item | Prepare | Double-check |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Legal name, preferred name, nickname, maiden name | Spelling and middle initial |
| Dates | Birth, death, visitation, funeral and burial dates | Do not confuse publication and service dates |
| Family | Surviving and predeceased relatives | Names, relationships and family approval |
| Service | Venue, address, time, cemetery and livestream | Public/private wording |
| Memorial request | Flowers, charity or other family request | Exact charity name and official payment route |
| Photo | Approved clear image | Family permission and correct person |
Want New Times-Reporter Obituaries by Email?
The Times-Reporter currently offers a dedicated Times Reporter Obituaries newsletter described as the area’s most recent obituaries delivered to your inbox daily.
Daily obituary newsletter
Useful when you regularly follow recent local notices instead of searching manually every day.
Still verify the full notice
Email alerts are a discovery tool. Open the obituary and funeral-home memorial before relying on service details.
No Times-Reporter Obituary Found? Try This Order
Find Older Times-Reporter and Tuscarawas County Obituaries
For older notices, local library and genealogy resources can be more useful than repeatedly searching Google or a modern obituary page.
Tuscarawas County Public Library — Times-Reporter Archive
The library provides a Times-Reporter database for full-text searching of current and archived issues.
Remote access is offered through the library site; authentication or library credentials may be required depending on the database.
HeritageHub
Tuscarawas County Public Library provides HeritageHub, which contains U.S. obituaries and death notices from 1704 to today, including historical obituary images.
Newspaper Archive
The library also provides access to Newspaper Archive for historical newspaper searching.
Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society
The Society maintains local obituary indexes and other county research material.
Local obituary indexes worth checking
| Local index | Coverage | How it helps |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Reporter Notices & Obituaries | 1954–1967 | Useful for older local notices before the modern Times-Reporter era. |
| Times-Reporter Notices & Obituaries | 2003–2011 | Alphabetical local index for notices and obituaries. |
| Society library obituary files | Local newspaper obituary holdings include 1963–2020 material | Useful when online searching does not locate a notice. |
Local research contacts
Ohio Historical Death Records: Which Period Should You Search?
| Death period | Useful starting route | Important note |
|---|---|---|
| Recent death | Ohio Vital Statistics / local health department | Use for certified legal copies. |
| 1908–1970 historical research | Ohio History Connection | Its Archives & Library holds Ohio death certificates for historical research. |
| Selected indexed years | Ohio Death Certificate Index | The online index includes Ohio Department of Health death certificates for selected historical years. |
| 1867–1908 | County-level records / Probate Court / archives | Ohio History Connection explains that early deaths were generally recorded as county ledger entries rather than modern certificates. |
Tuscarawas County Death Certificate: Current Local Steps
A Times-Reporter obituary cannot replace a certified death certificate for legal, financial or government use.
Local certified copy
Tuscarawas County Health Department currently lists a certified death certificate at $27.
Online order
The local online Permitium route currently adds a $5 service charge plus a credit-card processing fee.
Mail order
The Health Department accepts a completed application with cashier’s check or money order. It says personal checks are not accepted for mail requests.
Local Vital Records office
Tuscarawas County Health Department Vital Records
897 East Iron Avenue
Dover, OH 44622
Questions: 330-343-5555, extension 1250.
Microsteps before ordering
Verify an Ohio Funeral Home Before You Pay
The Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors regulates funeral directors, embalmers and licensed funeral facilities. Ohio’s eLicense system provides public license verification.
Cemetery and Grave-Lookup Help in Ohio
Start with the obituary or funeral-home memorial. Once the cemetery is known, contact the cemetery directly for the grave location.
What Ohio cemetery records should contain
Ohio law requires covered cemeteries to maintain interment, entombment or inurnment records including the deceased person’s name and the date and location of the burial or placement.
If there is a cemetery dispute
Ohio has a Cemetery Dispute Resolution Commission process for complaints involving registered cemeteries within its jurisdiction.
Grave-location microsteps
- Check the funeral-home memorial for cemetery name.
- Search the cemetery’s official website or locator.
- Call the cemetery office with the person’s full name.
- Provide an approximate burial date when known.
- Ask for section, row, lot or grave information.
- Verify user-created grave pages against the cemetery’s own record.
When the Deceased Was a Veteran
Tuscarawas County families can use the local Veterans Service Office for help navigating benefits, while the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs controls federal burial and memorial eligibility.
Tuscarawas County Veterans Service Office
393 16th Street SW
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
Phone: 330-339-1163
Ask about local help with veteran benefit paperwork and available burial-related assistance.
Federal VA burial benefits
- National cemetery eligibility.
- Government headstone or marker.
- Burial flag.
- Presidential Memorial Certificate.
- Possible burial or transportation allowance.
Funeral Price Rights Before You Agree to Pay
Ask for prices by phone
The FTC Funeral Rule requires funeral providers to give price information over the telephone when asked.
Get the General Price List
When discussing arrangements in person, ask for the itemized General Price List to keep.
Choose individual items
You generally have the right to choose funeral goods and services individually rather than buying an unwanted package.
Outside casket or urn
A funeral home cannot reject an outside casket or charge a handling fee simply because it was purchased elsewhere.
Flowers, Donations, Guestbooks and Livestream Safety
Flowers
Use the family-selected flower route shown on the funeral-home memorial and verify the delivery address.
Donations
Confirm the exact charity named by the family, then open that charity’s own website before paying.
Guestbooks
Assume comments are public. Do not post home addresses, bank details, medical claims or private family disputes.
Livestreams
Use only a link supplied by the funeral home, church or family-authorized memorial.
After You Find the Obituary
Save the important links
Keep the obituary, funeral-home memorial, cemetery, livestream and official donation route together.
Check Social Security reporting
Funeral homes generally report deaths to Social Security. Contact SSA if reporting was not completed or no funeral home was involved.
Order records only as needed
Ask insurers, banks, attorneys, pension offices and agencies whether they need a certified copy before ordering extras.
Times-Reporter Contact and Support
Reader and newspaper help
Phone: 330-364-8387
Current Help Center hours:
- Monday–Friday: 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
- Saturday: 7:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
- Sunday: 7:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Use the correct support route
Official and Local Sources Used for This Guide
The Times-Reporter — Obituaries Current newspaper obituary route. Times-Reporter Help Center Reader support, telephone number, hours, account help and publication routes. Tuscarawas County Public Library — The Times-Reporter Full-text current and archived Times-Reporter searching. Tuscarawas County Public Library — Genealogy Resources HeritageHub, Newspaper Archive, Ohio records, genealogy and cemetery resources. Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society Daily Reporter and Times-Reporter obituary indexes plus local genealogy records. Tuscarawas County Health Department — Birth & Death Certificates Local death-certificate fee, order methods, address and contact information. Ohio History Connection — Death Record Index Historical Ohio death-certificate and burial research. Ohio Memory — Historical Newspapers Free searchable historical Ohio newspaper collections. Ohio eLicense Official public professional and facility license verification. Federal Trade Commission — Funeral Rule Funeral price and consumer-right guidance.Related RecentObituaries.info Guides
Search by name, city, funeral home, newspaper, cemetery and date.
Know when a certified government record is needed instead of an obituary.
Understand the source hierarchy used for public notices and service details.
SSA, banks, insurance, mail, records and fraud-prevention tasks.
Understand price lists and consumer protections before paying.
Federal burial, marker, flag, cemetery and allowance guidance.
Times-Reporter Obituary FAQs
Where can I find Times-Reporter recent obituaries?
Start with the obituary section on TimesReporter.com. You can also search Times-Reporter notices through Legacy and use the handling funeral home to verify current service details.
How do I find Times-Reporter obituaries published today?
Open the Times-Reporter obituary page and check the actual publication date on each notice. Do not rely only on a search-engine date or snippet.
How do I search a Times-Reporter obituary by name?
Start with first and last name. If nothing appears, search surname only, then add New Philadelphia, Dover, Tuscarawas County, a relative, funeral home or wider date range.
Why can’t I find a recent Times-Reporter obituary?
The notice may be delayed, private, published only through a funeral home, listed under another name or associated with a different nearby community. Search alternate names and the funeral-home website.
Can I get Times-Reporter obituaries by email?
The Times-Reporter currently offers a Times Reporter Obituaries newsletter for recent local obituaries delivered by email. Check the newspaper’s newsletter page for current availability and subscription options.
Where can I search older Times-Reporter issues?
Tuscarawas County Public Library provides a Times-Reporter full-text database for current and archived issues. The library also provides HeritageHub and Newspaper Archive genealogy resources.
Does Tuscarawas County have a local obituary index?
Yes. The Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society provides an index to Daily Reporter notices and obituaries from 1954–1967 and an index to Times-Reporter notices and obituaries from 2003–2011.
How much is a Tuscarawas County death certificate?
The Tuscarawas County Health Department currently lists a certified death certificate at $27. Online orders through its Permitium system add a $5 service charge plus a credit-card processing fee.
Is a Times-Reporter obituary the same as a death certificate?
No. An obituary is a public notice or memorial. A certified death certificate is an official vital record issued through the appropriate government vital-record office.
Where do I find an Ohio death record from decades ago?
Ohio History Connection provides historical death-certificate indexes and Archives & Library research. Earlier county-level records may also require a probate court or county archive route.
How can I verify an Ohio funeral home?
Use Ohio eLicense and select the Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Search the funeral business or professional and compare the displayed license information with the provider shown on the obituary.
Where do I complain about an Ohio cemetery?
Ohio has a Cemetery Dispute Resolution Commission process for covered registered cemeteries. Use the Ohio Department of Commerce complaint form and review its jurisdiction before filing.
What local help is available if the deceased was a veteran?
The Tuscarawas County Veterans Service Office in New Philadelphia can help families navigate veteran benefits. Federal burial and memorial eligibility should also be checked through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
How can I submit an obituary to The Times-Reporter?
Use the Times-Reporter Ads & Announcements route or contact the newspaper Help Center. A funeral home may also assist a family with preparing and submitting an obituary.
What should I verify before attending a funeral?
Confirm the correct person, visitation and funeral times, exact addresses, public or private status, cemetery, livestream, flowers and donation instructions with the handling funeral home.
Best Order to Use This Page
- Search The Times-Reporter for the person’s name.
- Check the actual publication date.
- Compare age, relatives and local community.
- Open the handling funeral home’s memorial.
- Recheck service time and address before travelling.
- Use Tuscarawas County Public Library or local genealogy indexes for older notices.
- Use Tuscarawas County Health Department or the correct Ohio record office when certified proof is needed.
- Verify funeral providers through Ohio eLicense when necessary.
- Use official cemetery and veteran routes for burial questions.
- Do not publish private medical, financial or family information that is not part of an authorized public notice.
RecentObituaries.info provides independent source-navigation and educational information. Obituary availability, newspaper pages, service arrangements, record fees and benefits can change. Confirm the final information with the newspaper, funeral home, health department, cemetery or government agency responsible for it.